Russia's famous tennis player to be banned from Wimbledon

Russian tennis players will be barred from competing at Wimbledon in June, a decision that will prevent current world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev from playing in the season’s third Grand Slam, Report informs, citing Sportico.

In tennis, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been allowed to keep competing, but have been barred from doing so under their country’s name or flag. The ATP and WTA also suspended a combined event planned for Moscow in October.

It’s unclear if the ban will apply equally to Belarusian athletes, who have also been barred from recent athletic competitions because of the government’s close ties to Russia.